LT-Exosense: A Vision-centric Multi-session Mapping System for Lifelong Safe Navigation of Exoskeletons

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Hauptverfasser: Wang, Jianeng, Mattamala, Matias, Kassab, Christina, Chebrolu, Nived, Burger, Guillaume, Elnecave, Fabio, Petriaux, Marine, Fallon, Maurice
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author Wang, Jianeng
Mattamala, Matias
Kassab, Christina
Chebrolu, Nived
Burger, Guillaume
Elnecave, Fabio
Petriaux, Marine
Fallon, Maurice
author_facet Wang, Jianeng
Mattamala, Matias
Kassab, Christina
Chebrolu, Nived
Burger, Guillaume
Elnecave, Fabio
Petriaux, Marine
Fallon, Maurice
contents Self-balancing exoskeletons offer a promising mobility solution for individuals with lower-limb disabilities. For reliable long-term operation, these exoskeletons require a perception system that is effective in changing environments. In this work, we introduce LT-Exosense, a vision-centric, multi-session mapping system designed to support long-term (semi)-autonomous navigation for exoskeleton users. LT-Exosense extends single-session mapping capabilities by incrementally fusing spatial knowledge across multiple sessions, detecting environmental changes, and updating a persistent global map. This representation enables intelligent path planning, which can adapt to newly observed obstacles and can recover previous routes when obstructions are removed. We validate LT-Exosense through several real-world experiments, demonstrating a scalable multi-session map that achieves an average point-to-point error below 5 cm when compared to ground-truth laser scans. We also illustrate the potential application of adaptive path planning in dynamically changing indoor environments.
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spellingShingle LT-Exosense: A Vision-centric Multi-session Mapping System for Lifelong Safe Navigation of Exoskeletons
Wang, Jianeng
Mattamala, Matias
Kassab, Christina
Chebrolu, Nived
Burger, Guillaume
Elnecave, Fabio
Petriaux, Marine
Fallon, Maurice
Robotics
Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
Self-balancing exoskeletons offer a promising mobility solution for individuals with lower-limb disabilities. For reliable long-term operation, these exoskeletons require a perception system that is effective in changing environments. In this work, we introduce LT-Exosense, a vision-centric, multi-session mapping system designed to support long-term (semi)-autonomous navigation for exoskeleton users. LT-Exosense extends single-session mapping capabilities by incrementally fusing spatial knowledge across multiple sessions, detecting environmental changes, and updating a persistent global map. This representation enables intelligent path planning, which can adapt to newly observed obstacles and can recover previous routes when obstructions are removed. We validate LT-Exosense through several real-world experiments, demonstrating a scalable multi-session map that achieves an average point-to-point error below 5 cm when compared to ground-truth laser scans. We also illustrate the potential application of adaptive path planning in dynamically changing indoor environments.
title LT-Exosense: A Vision-centric Multi-session Mapping System for Lifelong Safe Navigation of Exoskeletons
topic Robotics
Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.22164